regional stability
Area-wide peace maintenance
Regional stability describes a condition in which neighboring countries or areas within a geographic region maintain peaceful relations, predictable governance, and absence of armed conflict.
The term appears frequently in foreign policy and international relations discourse: The treaty was designed to promote regional stability in the Middle East.
Instability in one country—through war, economic collapse, or political upheaval—threatens regional stability by producing refugees, disrupting trade, or inviting intervention from outside powers.
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- peace talksFormal conflict-resolution discussions
- buffer statesCountries separating rival powers
- international relationsCross-border political interactions
geopolitics · spheres of influence · foreign policy · trade · border control · border dispute · flashpoint · cold war · demilitarized · governance · failed state · human rights · peacekeeping operations · international law · multilateralism · non-aggression pact · security pact · migration policies
- foreign policydiplomacy, diplomatic negotiations, sanctions, containment, deterrence
- Asia-Pacific RelationsAsia-Pacific, Indo-Pacific, ASEAN, APEC, China
- Pacific Diplomacyregional cooperation, APEC, Pacific Rim, Indo-Pacific, bilateral ties
- Regional CooperationASEAN, member states, secretariat, diplomatic ties, consensus building
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, alarm system, security system, lock
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
regional stabilityregional instability
Unrest across nearby territories
anarchy · failed states · power vacuum · lawlessness · balkanization
regional stabilityrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
mass uprising · domino effect · political upheaval · regime change · political turmoil
regional stabilityarms race
Escalating weapons accumulation between nations
proxy war · terrorism · nuclear proliferation · humanitarian crisis · refugee crisis